Proceedings against Dr. Yvan Machabee for...

ABORTION CHARGE.

September 15, 1986

QUEBEC — ABORTION CHARGE. Proceedings against Dr. Yvan Machabee for performing an illegal abortion have been dropped at the order of Justice Minister Herbert Marx. ''It appears to be impossible to get a unanimous guilty verdict when a qualified doctor faces these accusations,'' Marx said. ''The only solution appears to be an amendment to the Criminal Code.'' Anti-abortion crusader and ex-boxer Reggie Chartrand worked to bring the charge against Dr. Machabee and a trial had been ordered. The Liberal government of Premier Robert Bourassa has continued the policy of the Parti Quebecois government of not prosecuting doctors who perform abortions outside accredited hospitals.